Did you Know



Facts


  • The shoshones called themselves kammitakka, which means "jackrabbit eaters"

  • The shoshone people were very mobil and skilled at hunting and gathering.

  • They were very self reliable people and were by far the most ecologically efficient than all the other tribes in the utah valley.

  • The Northwestern Shoshone have an incredibly strong oral tradition. Since they kept no written record, their history was passed from generation to generation; stories and tribal histories were memorized by young people.

  • The Northwestern Shoshone have the smallest reservation in Utah, consisting of only 187 acres.

Trivia

  1. What language do the shoshone tribe speak?
    • Click
    • Spanish
    • English
    • Shoshoni
2. What kind of weapons did the Shoshones have?
    • spears
    • bow and arrows
    • spears
    • all of the above
3. What other tribes did the shoshones have contact with?
    • Crow
    • Cherokee
    • Aztecs
    • Navajo